A developers side of the story. I had an interesting conversation with a developer yesterday who's company is closing, they would have been a mid-range development com... Continue reading
Bank of Ireland increase mortgage rates Bank of Ireland will be increasing their mortgage interest rates from the 16th of April (Indo article by Charlie Weston here). We ha... Continue reading
AIB Interest Rate Hike: How much? To Who? What’ll it cost? Yesterday AIB increased interest rates for both existing and new borrowers. This comes as a huge blow to consumers, in particular given... Continue reading
Irish banks, caught in the perfect funding storm Irish banks are caught in a perfect storm of funding costs versus lending costs which spells bad value for consumers. This is clearly s... Continue reading
CLO’s: Collateralized Loan Obligations Paddy Hirsch of MarketPlace is back talking about CLO's and the way in which a capital structure is on the back end of the securitizati... Continue reading
Just who is getting the mortgages? Caroline Madden wrote an article in today's Irish Times 'Just who is getting the mortgages?'. It is a question that begs answers, at fi... Continue reading
Are banks lending? A highly debated element of the recapitalisations to date and the NAMA debate have to do with credit flow, that if banks are given mone... Continue reading
The PRTB (Private Residential Tenancies Board) If you rent a property which is covered by the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 then you must register a tenancy with the PRTB, if you ge... Continue reading